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What specific number did myriad originally refer to in Greek?

myriad

[mir-ee-uhd] / ˈmɪr i əd /




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With this new four-game window presenting something different for managers across Europe to tackle, a myriad of approaches emerged.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I showed up not long after doors opened and was greeted by two lengthy lines of well-dressed people crowding the block, tittering with expectation, interacting with myriad Ramp employees identifiable by those yellow lanyards.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Experts estimated that close to 400,000 people remain at risk from a myriad of life altering ailments.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Their myriad uniform combinations have been a hit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

It was in bloom and the branches scraped and rasped against the house and the myriad air, driving in the window, brought into the room the forlorn scent of the blossoms.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

“Beyond healthcare, this fusion of nanotechnology and cells can lead to unique living hybrid robots, opening up myriads of interesting applications.”

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023

Over the centuries, many observers hypothesized that the Milky Way’s soft luminescence was the collective glow from myriads of stars that were too faint and close together in the sky to be individually distinguished.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2023

Stacking one’s few belongings in a safe place, trying to understand what is yelled in German, Russian, Ukrainian, looking into myriads of unknown faces, worried faces, some smiling faces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

"Above all I want to thank those myriads of unassuming folk who have shown what love in action can achieve."

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2021

The wind freshened, and soon myriads of dry beech leaves were filling the ditches and hollows and blowing in gusts across the dark miles of open grass.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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